Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 3rd October 2010

pointypenguin

Hello everyone . Welcome to the weekly spend challenge. This challenge is open to anybody, no matter what financial place they are in.

On this thread please post an amount of money you wish to stay below within the week (Sunday to end of working day on Friday). This can be pennies or thousands it depends on the individual. Then next Saturday report back and pledge for the following week. Feel free to update this thread with daily spends if that keeps you on track. We colour code the results as below:

Green - within budget
Red - overbudget
Purple - zero spend
Yellow - made money over the week

This is a little bit of fun but for many it highlights the fact that maybe that magazine/chocolate bar isn't needed. Hopefully your spending habits can be changed forever.

Moozie was the founder of this challenge and here is a quote taken from her around last year


Originally Posted by Moozie
Good afternoon lovely DFWs Now for anyone looking in, please feel free to join - the more the merrier! Basically, decide on the amount you want to spend up to from Sunday until the end of the working day on Friday then pledge it here and off we go! The challenge is about incidental spending and not for stuff that should be budgeted elsewhere such as bills, groceries, debt repayment etc but you decide what to include at the end - this is about changing your habits and improving your recording of your spends more than anything else. Have a great week everyone and keep it low!!! Moozie x

Good luck everyone.

W/C 26th Sept Challengers / Pledges /Total Spent
Pointypenguin £57.50 / £44
natsing £20
aliwali £6 / £8.57
Baileys Babe £10 / £1.80
meersy22 £35 / £37.76
hedgesparrow £17 / £17.15
gien £15
bohemiarose £50
psychopathbabble £3.82 / £2.23
L7oopys £15 / £14.90
moozie £100
morocha £10
sunshineyday £30
romylou £30

link to last week's thread

W/C 3rd Oct Challengers / Pledges /Total Spent
Pointypenguin £50
natsing £10
aliwali £6
Baileys Babe £10
psychopathbabble £10
sunshineyday £27
chris18418 £80
L7oopys £30
elfen £5
hedgesparrow £24.85
moozie £50
meersy22 £35
SazM030306 £3

pointypenguin

Afternoon budgeteers,

I am visiting family this weekend so will not be bad until late tonight so I am taking the opportunity to set up the thread when I can.

I was green last week :j I am going for £50 this week and if I make it I will start reducing it week by week. As I am away until late tonight I am starting my weekly budget from Monday.

I hope you are all having a nice weekend. I have updated the first post, let me know any other results or pledges.

chris81418

Good afternoon everyone!

It's been a while since I did this challenge - but I'm back!

Pointy - I'd like to pledge £80 this week, which will include food, petrol, the lot, etc.! Thanks Pointy!

Good luck everyone!

L7oopys

This week I am going to Alton Towers (got free tickets from the Sun) and on Wednesday I am going to Horse of the year show paid for my yard owner/ good friend I am going to take my own lunch to HOYS as food will b v expensive but will treat myself at Alton Towers to a burger or something!
So my budget this week Is going to be £30

elfen

I'd like to join in, and pledge £5 for this week. I shouldn't need to get anything as I have all I need.

hedgesparrow

Hello everyone! As my personal spending budget for the month is £100 and there are 4 weeks in October I am going to try to stick to £25 a week this month. I need to start thinking about Christmas presents.

Can you put me down for £24.85 (to make up for being 15 pence over last week)

sunshineyday

Hi all, spent £4.09 today on cat litter and washing up liqiud, leaving me with £22.91 for the rest of the week.

moozie_2

Hi pointypenguin

Went over last week, a little something to do with putting some groceries under my weekly spending :doh: Must try and remember my own rules :rotfl:

Please put me down for £50 this week, must do better

Here's to a great week all!

meersy22

Hi All

Please put me down for 35 quid. Didn't manage a green this week but will keep trying.

Spends so far

03 Oct - 2.50 Papers

Remainder - 32.50

SazM030306

Ooh I seem to have missed a week! Still have last weeks tenner intact though )

I'm going to go for £3 this week!!

Saz xxx

hedgesparrow

This morning I found a ten pound note in my old handbag. I was very excited and then calmed down and told myself it might be because today is my MOT. I have £80 saved up for my MOT. So I made a deal with myself - if the MOT cost over £80 then the £10 had to go towards that. If it was under £80 I could add it to my personal spending money.

I went to a shopping centre:

80p on a magazine
99p on toe separators (you should have seen my husbands face when I tried to explain to him what they are for!)
£1.79 on deodorant
£2.99 on a box of 10 hallmark cards
£12.99 on a birthday present for my cousin

I think I am beginning to see a pattern in my spending. I am not really guilty of very expensive purchases (apart from the present) but I am in great danger of three-pounding myself to death.

I was going to buy wool to knit christmas presents with and then I realised - I had nearly spent all my money! So I drove home.

Luckily my car passed it's MOT first time and it came in at under £60.

I am keeping the £20 in savings towards a service next month and the £10 is going into my personal spending money.

Then I did a thing I am not proud of. I spent £2.98 on cake and pudding (to celebrate the passing of the MOT!) I am sharing them with my husband but it is funny how my brain doesn't seem to recognise spending when it is under £3.

Sorry for the long post but today has been an insightful day for me!